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> [Think of Zen, of the Void, of Good and Evil and you are bound hand and foot. Think only and entirely and completely of what you are doing at the moment and you are free as a bird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/think-of-zen-of-the-void-of-good-and-evil-and-you-are-bound-hand-and/)

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## More by Reginald Horace Blyth

> [Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth is sometimes perilous, naturally, since he's a high-handed old poem himself, but he's also sublime - and who goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/regarding-r-h-blyth-blyth-is-sometimes-perilous-naturally-since-he-s/)

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> [Or, to express this in another way, suggested to me by Professor Suzuki, in connection with seeing into our own nature, poetry is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/or-to-express-this-in-another-way-suggested-to-me-by-professor-suzuki/)

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> [Zen is the unsymbolization of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/zen-is-the-unsymbolization-of-the-world/)

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> [These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/these-are-some-of-the-characteristics-of-the-state-of-mind-which-the/)

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> [It is not merely the brevity by which the haiku isolates a particular group of phenomena from all the rest; nor its suggestiveness, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/it-is-not-merely-the-brevity-by-which-the-haiku-isolates-a-particular/)

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> [A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/a-haiku-is-the-expression-of-a-temporary-enlightenment-in-which-we/)

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> [There is nothing intrinsically more beautiful or poetical about the moon than about a dunghill; if anything, the contrary, for the latter is full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/there-is-nothing-intrinsically-more-beautiful-or-poetical-about-the/)

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> [We that change, hate change. And we that pass, love what abides. Ashes, darkness, dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/we-that-change-hate-change-and-we-that-pass-love-what-abides-ashes/)

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> [I myself think that to have a cat is more important than to have a Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/i-myself-think-that-to-have-a-cat-is-more-important-than-to-have-a/)

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> [The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry; these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/the-love-of-nature-is-religion-and-that-religion-is-poetry-these/)

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> [The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/the-importance-and-unimportance-of-the-self-cannot-be-exaggerated/)

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> [There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as (play). But since the Self is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/there-is-a-hindu-myth-about-the-self-or-god-of-the-universe-who-sees/)

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> [The establishment of inner harmony is to be attained neither in the past nor in the future, but where the past and future meet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/the-establishment-of-inner-harmony-is-to-be-attained-neither-in-the/)

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> [Regarding R. H. Blyth: Two men who may be called pillars of the Western haiku movement, Harold G. Henderson and R. H. Blyth. . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/regarding-r-h-blyth-two-men-who-may-be-called-pillars-of-the-western/)

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> [There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as a form of play. But since the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reginald-horace-blyth/there-is-a-hindu-myth-about-the-self-or-god-of-the-universe-who-sees-2/)

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